Remember when flip phones came with a second battery that you can swap in when the first one dies?
from HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 24 May 2025 02:10
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I remember, and I’m gen z. And some higher end laptops had two battery slots so you can hot swap the batteries without turning it off.

Those were the days. Everyone talks about how smartphones nowadays get people addicted to instant gratification and convenience, but IMO the ability to swap out the battery when it died was a level of instant convenience we had decades ago that modern devices are severely lacking. Having to tether your phone to a battery bank while on the go is nowhere near as good as just popping the back cover and replacing the battery.

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